antisocial

antisocial

See also: anti-social

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From anti- + social.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈsəʊʃəl/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈsoʊʃəl/, /ˌæntaɪˈsoʊʃəl/
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈsəʉʃəl/
      • Audio (Brisbane (broad)); /ˌɛntiˈsəʉʃəl/:(file)
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌɛntiˈsɐʉʃəl/
    • Rhymes: -əʊʃəl

    Adjective

    antisocial (comparative more antisocial, superlative most antisocial)

    1. Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.
      antisocial person
    2. Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing.
    3. Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society.
      antisocial ideals

    Antonyms

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Noun

    antisocial (plural antisocials)

    1. An antisocial individual.

    Danish

    Etymology

    From anti- +‎ social.

    Adjective

    antisocial (neuter antisocialt, plural and definite singular attributive antisociale)

    1. antisocial
      Synonym: samfundsfjendtlig
      Coordinate term: asocial

    Inflection

    Inflection of antisocial
    positive comparative superlative
    indefinite common singular antisocial mere antisocial mest antisocial2
    indefinite neuter singular antisocialt mere antisocial mest antisocial2
    plural antisociale mere antisocial mest antisocial2
    definite attributive1 antisociale mere antisocial mest antisociale

    1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
    the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
    2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

    References

    French

    Etymology

      From anti- +‎ social.

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      antisocial (feminine antisociale, masculine plural antisociaux, feminine plural antisociales)

      1. antisocial

      Descendants

      • Russian: а̀нтиобще́ственный (àntiobščéstvennyj) (calque)

      Further reading

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French antisocial.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /an.ti.so.t͡ʃiˈal/

      Adjective

      antisocial m or n (feminine singular antisocială, masculine plural antisociali, feminine/neuter plural antisociale)

      1. antisocial

      Declension

      Declension of antisocial
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative
      indefinite antisocial antisocială antisociali antisociale
      definite antisocialul antisociala antisocialii antisocialele
      genitive-
      dative
      indefinite antisocial antisociale antisociali antisociale
      definite antisocialului antisocialei antisocialilor antisocialelor

      References

      Spanish

      Etymology

      From anti- +‎ social.

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      antisocial m or f (masculine and feminine plural antisociales)

      1. antisocial

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      Swedish

      Adjective

      antisocial (not comparable)

      1. antisocial

      Declension

      Inflection of antisocial
      Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
      common singular antisocial
      neuter singular antisocialt
      plural antisociala
      masculine plural2 antisociale
      Definite positive comparative superlative
      masculine singular3 antisociale
      all antisociala

      1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
      2 Dated or archaic.
      3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

      See also

      References

      • antisocial”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)